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diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index ed9938014cf..b17fafc5624 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -541,6 +541,25 @@ ipv6_link_dev_addr(struct inet6_dev *idev, struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp)
*ifap = ifp;
}
+/*
+ * Hash function taken from net_alias.c
+ */
+static u8 ipv6_addr_hash(const struct in6_addr *addr)
+{
+ __u32 word;
+
+ /*
+ * We perform the hash function over the last 64 bits of the address
+ * This will include the IEEE address token on links that support it.
+ */
+
+ word = (__force u32)(addr->s6_addr32[2] ^ addr->s6_addr32[3]);
+ word ^= (word >> 16);
+ word ^= (word >> 8);
+
+ return ((word ^ (word >> 4)) & 0x0f);
+}
+
/* On success it returns ifp with increased reference count */
static struct inet6_ifaddr *